Judy What a crystal clear response detailing the levels of thought that are behind your posts. If everyone were as well versed in the exigencies of language including dialectec, infinite regress, etc. I suspect the battles would still rage but in a very different way. You are to be marveled at for having the mental stamina to carry though in the fashion you do. Ken
--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A major part of the difficulty in talking about > enlightenment, it seems to me, is that folks-- > *especially* you, Barry--don't bother to think > through what they're saying. > > Describing enlightenment is problematic enough > when you knock yourself out to be precise in the > way you use words. When you use them *sloppily*, > when you don't respect the exigiencies of language > or the nature of dialectic, you introduce all > kinds of unnecessary obstacles (especially when > you allow personal animus to make putting somebody > down more important than communicating). > > Even when you use paradox or contradiction or > infinite regress--or imagery, analogy, and > metaphor, for that matter--as pointers, you need > to do it with awareness and precision and > attention to context. If you break a rule of > language or logic to try to get around its > limitations, you need to know that you're doing > it and *why* you're doing it. It has to be done > purposefully if you want it to further rather > than impede communication. > > It isn't possible to describe enlightenment > precisely, but that doesn't mean it can't be talked > about at all. It does mean that precision and care > in the *way* you use language to communicate about > enlightenment is crucial if the discussion is to be > at all useful. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
